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Friday The 13th
Directed byMarcus Nispel
Written byScreenplay:
Damian Shannon
Mark Swift
Story:
Damian Shannon
Mark Swift
Mark Wheaton
Characters by:
Victor Miller
Produced byMichael Bay
Andrew Form
Brad Fuller
StarringDerek Mears
Jared Padalecki
Danielle Panabaker
Aaron Yoo
Amanda Righetti
Travis Van Winkle
CinematographyDaniel Pearl
Edited byKen Blackwell
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Production
company
Distributed byNorth America:
New Line Cinema
Foreign:
Paramount Pictures
Release date
February 13, 2009[1]
Running time
97 min.
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19,000,000[2]
Box office$71,513,961[3]

Friday the 13th is a 2009 American horror film directed by Marcus Nispel, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a reboot of the Friday the 13th film series,[4][5] which began in 1980 and whose last film was the 2003 crossover film Freddy vs. Jason. Nispel also helmed the 2003 remake of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), while Shannon and Swift wrote the screenplay for Freddy vs. Jason. The film stars Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees, with Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, and Danielle Panabaker portraying the male and female leads. The film follows Clay Miller (Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Righetti), who was taken by Jason while she was camping in the woods at Crystal Lake.

Originally starting out as an origin story, the film ultimately became a re-imagining of the first four Friday the 13th films. Along with bringing the film back to its roots, Jason was designed as a leaner and faster killer, with a backstory that could provide a little sympathy for the character but not enough that he would lose his menace. Although this film reboots the continuity, Jason's iconic hockey mask,[6] which was not introduced until the third film in the series, is acquired through the progression of the film. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason's mask was always brought back to its roots, created from a mold of the original mask from Part III, though subtle changes were made to keep it unique to the new film. Friday the 13th also incorporated some of Harry Manfredini's music score from the original Friday film series, as the producers recognized the iconic status it held.[7]

The film was released on Friday, February 13, 2009 to the most theaters of any of the Friday the 13th films.[2] Although the film was met with primarily negative reviews,[8] it earned approximately $19 million in its opening night and $40 million for its opening weekend. With its opening weekend, Friday the 13th broke two records, having the largest opening day for the film series, and the largest opening weekend for any horror film.[9][10] It currently sits as the second highest grossing film in the Friday the 13th franchise with $56 million,[9] and has earned an estimated $71.5 million worldwide.[3]

Plot

On June 13, 1980, a young Jason Voorhees (Caleb Guss) witnesses his mother (Nana Visitor) get beheaded by a camp counselor (Stephanie Rhodes) who was trying to escape Mrs. Voorhees's murderous rampage around Camp Crystal Lake. Approximately 30 years later, a group of vacationing friends—Wade (Jonathan Sadowski), Richie (Ben Feldman), Mike (Nick Mennell), Whitney (Amanda Righetti), and Amanda (America Olivo)—arrive at Crystal Lake on a camping trip, and to find some weed that was planted in the woods. As Mike and Whitney explore the abandoned Crystal Lake camp, Jason (Derek Mears) begins to kill the rest of the group one-by-one. Jason also kills Mike, but instead of doing the same to Whitney he decides to kidnap her because she resembles his mother at a young age.

Six weeks later, Trent (Travis Van Winkle), along with his girlfriend Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), and their friends Chewie (Aaron Yoo), Chelsea (Willa Ford), Nolan (Ryan Hansen), Bree (Julianna Guill), and Lawrence (Arlen Escarpeta) arrive at Trent's summer cabin, which sits on Crystal Lake, unaware of the events that occurred a few weeks prior. Also in town is Clay (Jared Padalecki), who has come to Crystal Lake searching for his sister Whitney. Clay eventually makes his way to Trent's cabin, where Jenna agrees to help him look for his sister on the other side of the lake. As Clay and Jenna search for clues to Whitney's disappearance, Jason kills Nolan and Chelsea out on the lake. Clay and Jenna reach the old Crystal Lake campgrounds, where they witness Jason hauling a dead body into one of the abandoned camp houses.

Clay and Jenna run back to warn the others about Jason, who arrives shortly after them and cuts the power to the cabin. After killing Chewie and Lawrence, who ventured outside the house, Jason sneaks inside the cabin and kills Bree. Trent, Clay and Jenna escape the house, but Trent is killed shortly after when he reaches the main road. Jason then chases Clay and Jenna back to the campgrounds, where Clay discovers Jason's lair and finds his sister chained to the wall. Clay frees Whitney, and all three attempt to escape as Jason arrives. The trio find an exit, but Jenna is killed before she can get out. Jason comes after Clay and Whitney, who use Jason's love and memory of his mother to distract him long enough to stab him in the chest with his own machete. Afterward, Clay dumps Jason's lifeless body into the lake, but before he and Whitney can leave Jason bursts through the lake dock and grabs Whitney.

Production

Development

New Line Cinema's Toby Emmerich approached Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form of Platinum Dunes about restarting Friday the 13th in the same fashion that they had done with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. The trio agreed but first had to spend over a year securing the film rights from all respective parties, namely, Paramount Pictures, New Line and Sean Cunningham's Crystal Lake Entertainment.[11] Since Paramount still owned certain copyrights, the film initially could not use anything from the original series. Paramount, which wanted to be included, approached the producers and gave them license to use anything from the original films, including the title. With Paramount on board, Fuller and Form decided they wanted to use pieces from each of the first three films. Fuller stated, "I think there are moments we want to address, like how does the hockey mask happen. It’ll happen differently in our movie than in the third one. Where is Jason from, why do these killings happen, and what is Crystal Lake?" The producers even expressed an interest in using the character of Tommy Jarvis and stated that they wanted to work out an original story for Jason that would make sense.[12]

Ultimately, it was decided that Friday the 13th would not be an origin story, but that it would provide a sense of history as the film progressed. Jason would also transition from wearing a bag over his head—similar to the one seen in Friday the 13th Part 2—to finding and actually placing the hockey mask over his face, whereas in Friday the 13th Part III he obtains the mask off-screen and comes out of a barn already wearing it.[13] Form and Fuller went on to explain that the audience will get to see how Jason attains his hockey mask, and be given a reason for why he puts it on. The idea of using Tommy Jarvis as a main character was scrapped when they abandoned their initial efforts of doing an origin story. According to Fuller and Form they did not want to create Friday the 13th Part 11 or 12, but put their own spin on the mythology. They acknowledge that there were elements from the first four films that they liked and were going to use in the 2009 film, like how a particular character is killed or story points that they appreciated and wanted to reuse.[7]

Unlike The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake of 2003, and the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror, both of which were produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller, it was decided that Friday the 13th would not be a period piece like the other remakes. As Form and Fuller explained it, because the film was taking bits and pieces of the original three films, and to a lesser degree the fourth film, and was not an actual remake in the strictest sense, they felt that there was no reason why they could not tell the story in modern times.[7] Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, writers of Freddy vs. Jason, were announced in October 2007 to have been hired to pen a script for the remake.[14] It was reported that director Jonathan Liebesman was in negotiations to direct Friday the 13th in February 2006,[15] but because of scheduling conflicts Fuller and Form went with their second choice, Marcus Nispel.[7] Nispel was apprehensive to take the job, primarily on the idea of taking over another film franchise, but Fuller eventually convinced him.[11] Principal photography would begin on April 21, 2008 in Austin, Texas and wrap up on June 13, 2008.[16]

Writing

When Shannon and Swift sat down to work out the script for Friday the 13th, they decided to institute a few rules for themselves based on the mistakes that they recognized themselves from their experience with Freddy vs. Jason. First, the writing pair wanted their teens to "sound normal". For Shannon and Swift, they did not want the characters to even know Jason's name, or become what they saw as "the Scooby-Doo cliché where it's a bunch of kids trying to figure something out".[17] The writers wanted to step away from the self-referential slasher films, such as Scream, and take the film back to a grittier, more 1980s feel than had been lost in recent films, and create a faster, looser Jason. Shannon and Swift decided to create a version of Jason "who was actually in the woods surviving of the land", and who's killings were made more as a way of defending "his turf" than simply randomly murdering whoever came along.[18]

They also did not want to spend a lot of time covering Jason's childhood experiences, because they felt it would take away from the mystery of the character. Shannon and Swift wanted to create as realistic experience as possible. They crafted a scene where, as the audience follows Jason through one of his tunnels, you see a deer carcass lying on the ground. At a cost of $100,000 a carcass, Brad Fuller informed the pair that they would have to do without that particular element. Because of budget constraints, certain character deaths and the ending of the film had to be scaled down from what Shannon and Swift had originally envisioned when they wrote the scenes.[17]

One of these deaths included a kill in the water of Crystal Lake. Shannon and Swift had originally written the scene so that involved one of the female characters being stranded out on the lake for hours. Eventually, the girl would tire and drown, which Shannon and Swift felt was something they had not seen in this genre of movies. Ultimately, the call was to make the death quicker and more "visceral". Finding interesting ways to kill the characters was one of the problems the writers faced. The pair had to find a common ground, one where they could craft new killing methods and at the same time put their spin on some of the deaths that have appeared in previous installments of the film series. To accomplish this, Shannon and Swift included homages to the original series throughout their new film, like the presence of a wheelchair in Jason's tunnels—the character of Mark (Tom McBride) was a paraplegic who was killed by Jason in Friday the 13th Part 2—or the sweater that Pamela Voorhees wore in the original Friday the 13th.[17]

Shannon and Swift also put their own spin on the characterization of Jason Voorhees. Mears describes him as a combination of John Rambo, Tarzan and the Abominable Snowman from Looney Tunes. To the actor/stuntman, Jason is similar to Rambo because the audience will see him setting the other characters up to fall into his traps. Like Rambo, he is more calculated because he feels that he has been wronged and he is fighting back, and is meant to be more sympathetic in this film.[19] That being said, Fuller and Form contend that they learned a lesson from their work on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and that was not to make Jason too sympathetic to the audience. One of the reasons why they decided against an origin story is because they did not want to put so much focus on Jason being tormented as a child, as the producing pair felt that would "demystify" the character in an unhelpful manner. As Brad Fuller explains, "We do not want him to be sympathetic. Jason is not a comedic character, he is not sympathetic. He's a killing machine. Plain and simple."[7]

Casting

"They were like, You're really nice...are you going to be able to switch over, right? I was like, I cage fight and I've got a lot of dad issues. So yeah."
— Derek Mears's response when questioned about being able to portray Jason.[11]

Stuntman Derek Mears was hired to portray Jason Voorhees at the recommendation of makeup special effects supervisor Scott Stoddard.[20][11] Before the producers contacted him, Mears had already heard about the production of a new Friday the 13th and decided to start physical training so that he could pursue the role on his own, unaware that Stoddard and other industry professionals were already dropping his name to the producers.[21] Mears's pleasant demeanor had the studio worried about his ability to portray such a menacing character on screen, but Mears assured them that he was up to the role.[11] Mears has stated that he always related to "Jason the victim" when he was growing up as a child, and that was how he wanted to portray Jason in the film. To the actor/stuntman, Jason represents all those individuals that were picked on in high school for being outcasts of society—specifically those with physical deformities—only Jason exacts his revenge on those that are trying to take over his territory (Crystal Lake).[22]

When Mears went in to audition for the role he was asked, "We really need an actor for this particular role. Why do we need an actor as opposed to just a guy in a mask? Explain that to us." As Mears explained to them, portraying Jason is similar to Greek Mask Work, where the mask and the actor are two separate entities, and, based on the scene, you will get variate combinations of mask and actor in the performance. According to Mears, it is all based on whether you realize that everything is made of energy, and if you are thinking something then it will transfer to what the camera picks up. He compares his experience behind the camera to that of a NASCAR race. As he sees it, he is the driver and the effects team is his pit crew. As he is performing the role, the effects team provides subtle suggestions as to ways that he can bring the character more to life on camera.[22]

Jared Padalecki signed on as the lead male who investigates what happened at Crystal Lake,[23] with Amanda Righetti taking the female lead.[24] Amanda Righetti had not read the script when she was initially offered the role. Wanting to be a part of the Friday the 13th franchise from the start, Righetti admitted that she was sold on the idea of acting in the film after she did read the script.[11] Padalecki describes his character as a real hero, because when his sister goes missing he sets out "to do the right thing", and tends to go about it as this "lone wolf" who wants to take on this responsibility of finding his sister himself.[25] Danielle Panabaker, Jonathan Sadowski, Travis Van Winkle (reprising his role of Trent from Transformers (film)), Aaron Yoo, Julianna Guill round out the rest of the cast.[26][27] Nana Visitor was cast as Pamela Voorhees,[28] with Caleb Guss hired for the role of a young Jason.[29] Adjustments had to be made to the filming schedule to accommodate Aaron Yoo, who had had his appendix removed. As soon as he was ready for filming, Nispel immediately hung him upside down in some rafters, exposing the staples over his surgical wound, for the character's post-death shot.[30]

The casting process was difficult for producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on this film, more so than it was on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as Friday the 13th had more young actors to contend with and consistent casting/recasting all the way until filming began. Fuller and Form's first challenge was the size of their cast. Fuller and Form had thirteen young actors in Friday the 13th, whereas in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre they only had five. The pair had to continually recast parts to find the group that worked best together. This recasting process extended all the way to the start of film. Richard Burgi, who was cast as the sheriff, did not sign on until twelve hours before he had to start filming his scenes.[7]

Visual effects

Asylum Visual Effects was given the task of creating the digital effects for Friday the 13th. Although director Marcus Nispel is a proponent of practical effects, there were instances where Asylum had to step and digitally create various shots, whether it was to keep the safety of the actors in-tact or allowing the director to achieve a specific look that he wanted. Asylum's Mitchell S. Drain assigned ten crew members to work on the visual effects for the film, and the first thing they did was analyze the script in pre-production so that they could get a sense for where digital effects would need to be inserted in order to enhance the scene. Ultimately, Asylum only worked on 25 shots for the film.[31]

One of the first scenes that Asylum was given was for one of Jason's first kills in the film, which was the sleeping bag death of Amanda. In the scene, Jason ties Amanda up in her sleeping bag and hangs her over the camp fire. As this scene could not be done practically, because of the risk to the actress, as well as the surrounding woodland area Nispel was filming in, Asylum had to create a composite of two different shots. Instead of creating a computer generated (CGI) model of the campfire, a real campfire was shot elsewhere, and Asylum compositor John Stewart blended the footage of the hanging sleeping bag and the campfire into a single image. Stewart had to alter the flames digitally in order to keep continuity between frames.[32] Another composite shot was used for the scene where Chelsea is hit by a speedboat. As it would be too dangerous for even a stuntperson to attempt, Asylum digitally combined footage of Willa Ford reacting to an invisible boat running over her and shots of the actual boat, in order to create the effect.[33]

Asylum also had the chance to enhance some of Jason's signature kills with his machete. There were a couple of instances where a computer generated machete was used to kill a character, as Nispel wanted to be able to keep the characters' deaths all in one shot, as opposed to cutting from the act of killing them to the aftermath of their death. In one case, Nispel filmed Jason pulling his machete out of Richie's head, but instead of a real machete with a fake head they had the actor pretend to be dead with Mears pulling just a handle away. Then, Asylum went in and digitally created the blade of the machete to complete the effect.[32] For this scene, Asylum also adjusted the facial mannerisms of the actor, in order to help create a more "post-mortem" look for the actor. The special effects team used the computer to digitally droop one half of the actor's face to give the effect that the nerves had been severed by Jason's machete.[33]

Finally, Asylum digitally created whole weapons for various scenes. First, because Nolan's death was so sudden—he was shot in the head by an arrow by Jason—Asylum had to create the entire arrow in post-production. Another scene involved Jason hurling a hatchet at Lawrence, striking him in the back. As the image of a hatchet flying through the air, and in one instance in the same frame as the actor, would be too difficult to achieve Asylum rendered a complete 3D model of the hatchet that they inserted into the shots all the way up to where the digital image slams into the back of the character. One of the final digital scenes added by Asylum was for the death of Trent, which required them to create an image of a metal spike bursting through Trent's chest as Jason slams him onto the back of a tow-truck.[33]

Creating Jason

Further information: [[:Concept and creation]]

Stoddard describes his particular look for Jason's face as a combination of Carl Fullerton's design in Friday the 13th Part 2 and Tom Savini's work in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Stoddard's vision of Jason includes hair loss, skin rashes, and the traditional deformities in his face, but Stoddard attempted to craft Jason's look in a way that would allow for a more human side of him to be seen.[11] Mears was required to wear full body make-up from the chest up while performing his duties as Jason Voorhees. The actor/stuntman wore a chest plate with fake skin that would move to his muscle movement; he also wore a fake hump on his back, to give the impression that Jason had scoliosis. A prosthetic eye was glued to Mears's face to allow for more realistic movement.[19] As a result of all the makeup Mears had to wear, effects artist Scott Stoddard would spend three and a half hours applying all of the makeup to Mears's head and torso.[11]

For his wardrobe, Mears was given a pair of combat boots and a "high priced t-shirt" that allowed the special effects make-up to be seen through the holes in the shirt. The jacket Jason wears in the film was created by combining a hunting jacket and a military jacket — Mears wanted the hunting jacket, but the creative team liked the way the military jacket, which was longer, billowed as he was making his "kill movements". The top of the hunting jacket was removed and placed over the top of the military jacket. Mears characterizes it as a "giant Frankenstein jacket". He describes Jason as being leaner in this film, providing the reason that the character does not eat as much. A "leaner" Jason was deemed more functional, with more emphasis on the hump on his back.[19] Stoddard took inspiration from the third and fourth films when designing Jason's hockey mask as well. Using an original mold that he was able to acquire, Stoddard crafted six versions of his own design for the mask. As Stoddard explains, "Because I didn't want to take something that already existed, there were things I thought were great, but there were things I wanted to change a bit. Make it custom, but keep all the fundamental designs. Especially the markings on the forehead and cheeks. Age them down a bit, break them up."[11]

Music

In addition to taking story elements from some of the previous Friday the 13th films, Form and Fuller recognize the iconic status of the music that has been a part of the series since the first film was released in 1980. Originally composed and performed by Harry Manfredini, the pair immediately had the studio attain the licensing rights to his music for their 2009 film. Even though they secured the license for Manfredini's score, they do not plan on using it completely. Instead, they brought on Steve Jablonsky, the same composer who worked on their previous films, to compose a score that is reminiscent of Manfredini's, but also follows the feel that Fuller and Form want for the film.[7][34]

Release

On Friday, February 13, 2009,[1] Friday the 13th was released in 3,105 theaters in North America.[2] Compared to the other Friday the 13th films, including the crossover with A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 2009 reimagining has been given the widest release; it is nearly three times as many theaters as the original 1980 film, and just edges out Freddy vs. Jason by 91 theaters.[9] A part from North American, Friday the 13th also saw release in 2,100 theaters throughout 28 foreign markets.[35]

Box office

On its opening day, Friday the 13th grossed $19,293,446,[2] and immediately surpassed the total box office grosses for Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Jason Goes to Hell (1993), and Jason X (2002).[9] From February 14 - 16, Friday the 13th took in an additional $14,290,686, $6,986,233, and $3,015,084, to round out its 4-day President's Day weekend with $43,585,449.[2] By the end of its 3-day weekend it was already the second highest grossing Friday film in the series with $40,570,365,[9] and just barely beat out The Grudge (2004) for the best 3-day weekend opening for any horror film.[10] When comparing the 2009 film's opening weekend to that of its 1980 counterpart, in adjusted US dollars,[36] the original Friday the 13th only brought in $17,251,975. Although the 2009 film made more money, when factoring in the number of theaters each film was released in, the 1980 film earned more money per theater with $15,683 compared to the 2009 film's $13,066.[9][37]

Following its first week at the box office, Friday the 13th saw a significant drop in attendance in its second weekend. On the first Friday after its opening weekend, the film took in $2,802,977, which is an 85.5% decrease from its opening day.[2] By the end of its second weekend, the film brought in $7,942,472, an 80.4% overall decrease from the previous weekend.[38] As a result, the film went from first place in its opening weekend to sixth place in its second weekend at the box office.[39] The film has earned an estimated $56 million at the US box office.[3]

Thanks to its opening weekend take, Friday the 13th currently sits in fourth place for all time President's Day weekends, just behind Ghost Rider (2007), 50 First Dates (2004), and Daredevil (2003).[40] It is currently sixth in highest grossing weekends in the month of February,[41] as well as sixth in highest grossing weekend for the winter season, which is defined by the first day after the New Year weekend through the first Thursday of the month of March.[42] It is the fifteenth highest opening for an R-rated film in North American history.[43] Because of the significant decrease in box office take in its second weekend, the film currently sits in sixth place for the largest second weekend drop;[44] it is the seventh largest drop for a film that opened as the #1 film in the US.[45] With its $55 million in domestic box office, Friday the 13th is the second highest grossing film among the slasher remakes, which consists of Prom Night (2008), My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009), Halloween (2007), and When a Stranger Calls (2006),[46] and tenth when comparing it to remakes of all types of horror.[47]

In addition to its North American box office gross, Friday the 13th has earned over $9.5 million in foreign markets in its opening weekend.[48] The film's biggest markets were the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Spain and Germany. Here, Friday the 13th took in approximately $1.7 million in both the United Kingdom and Russia, an estimated $1.1 million in Spain, and $1 million in Italy and Germany. According to Paramount, this was the largest foreign opening of any of the Friday the 13th films.[35] As of February 23, 2009, the film's North American box office gross amounts to $56,153,390, and coupled with its foreign take of $15,360,571, the film has accumulated an estimated $71,513,961 in worldwide box office.[3]

Critical reception

Based on 138 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, Friday the 13th has an overall 27% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 4.3/10.[8] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs,[49] the film holds an overall approval rating of 21%.[50] By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 34, based on 29 reviews.[51] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was "B-minus" on an A+ to F scale, and that more men than women attended.[52]

Alonso Duralde wrote that the film should please slasher fans, but concludes that it adds nothing new to the genre or the franchise, and thus will not appeal to people who already do not like slasher films. Duralde went on to chide the film for adding a black and an Asian character only as a way of "updating the movies for the new millennium", but noted in the end that the prospect of another Friday the 13th—crafted by the film's "sequel-friendly" ending—did not leave him with a feeling of dread.[53] Along the same lines, Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic found that the film accepts the "ridiculousness" of what it is trying to accomplish, which is primarily the "death and dismemberment" of "party-hungry kids", and that audiences would enjoy it if they recognized that as well. Although Goodykoontz acknowledges the unique touches the film brings to certain characters' deaths, he was unimpressed with the acting and noted that Padalecki's presence gave the film a "less-good episode of Supernatural" vibe.[54]

Aaron Yoo's performance as the marijuana smoking Chewie was praised by critics who gave the film both positive and negative reviews.[55][56]

The Washington Post's Dan Zak wrote that the film fails to provide the laughs, scares, suspense, gore, or even provide the quintessential nudity that has come to be expected from horror movies, as of late, that cannot deliver on any of the previously mentioned necessities.[57] Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times felt that Nispel did manage to capture the despair that he created with his Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, but agreed that the film failed to provide the "giddiness", "teenage lust", and "rambunctiousness" that made the previous films work.[58] Wesley Morris believed that Friday the 13th did have humor. He noted that the characters continually act the clichéd role of would-be-victim, which made it hard to fear for their safety. In his opinion, the 2009 film lacks the "psycho-social" aspect—a mother killing as part of revenge for her son's death—crafted by its 1980 predecessor, and ultimately the film is left "more hilarious than terrifying".[59]

Kyle Smith, of the New York Post, felt that Nispel made no attempt to create a movie beyond blood and guts, and even those attempts were "forgettable". Smith even noted that, a part from Clay and Trent, the rest of the cast were merely "faces in the crowd" with no attempt provided to give them any sort of backstory.[60] USA Today's Claudia Puig wrote that the 2009 entry keeps to the same formula as its predecessors, with a story that adds little to nothing to the franchise itself. Although, Puig did note that Padalecki and Panabaker filled their lead roles well enough, and that Aaron Yoo's comic relief made him one of the most likable characters on screen.[55]

In contrast to the film's detractors, The New York Times's Nathan Lee believed that the film did manage to "reboot the concept" of the original films, and do so with style. Lee states that the film takes pleasure in killing off each of its characters, and that there is a desire among cinema-goers for this type of material and Friday the 13th satisfies that desire.[5] Adam Graham, from The Detroit News, remarks that the 2009 film is most effective and scary film in the Friday the 13th series, praising the film's choice of allowing Jason to run after his victims as it made him more "menacing". Graham further points out that the film does not "soften" Jason's scariness by providing a sympathetic backstory.[61] Entertainment Weekly's Clark Collis believes that director Nispel made a competent film that, although it provides a few too many unbelievable character moments, performs better as a whole than the previously released remakes of Prom Night (2008) and My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009).[62]

Jason Anderson of the Toronto Star also felt that the film succeeded in adding freshness to the standard formula of the previous films, in contrast to Puig's assessment, by focusing on the chasing and killing aspects, instead of falling victim to what Anderson sees as the element of prolonged suffering of victims that is prevalent in the Saw films.[63] Concurring with Puig's evaluation as well, IGN's Chris Carle felt that Aaron Yoo stole the film with both his comic timing, and eventually with what Carle sees as his "memorable death". Commenting on Derek Mears' portrayal of Jason, Carle notes that he brings more to the character than being simply a stuntman; Mears's subtle movements, athleticism, and physicality create an imposing image of Jason.[56]

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